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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4640 - σκιρτάω

Transliteration

skirtáō

Phonetics

skeer-tah'-o

Origin

akin to skairo (to skip)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

7:401,1046

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to leap

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 6335 ‑ פּוּשׁ (poosh); 7533 ‑ רָצַץ (raw‑tsats'); 7540 ‑ רָקַד (raw‑kad');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Luke 2

BSB (3)

Luke 3

CSB (3)

Luke 3

ESV (3)

Luke 3

KJV (3)

Luke 3

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

Luke 3

N95 (3)

Luke 3

NAS (3)

Luke 3

NLT (3)

Luke 4

WEB (3)

Luke 3

YLT (3)

Luke 3

ASV (2)

leaped 2

BSB (3)

leap for joy 1

leaped 2

CSB (3)

joy 1

leaped 2

ESV (3)

joy 1

leaped 2

KJV (3)

joy 1

leaped 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

leap 1

leaped 2

N95 (3)

leap 1

leaped 2

NAS (3)

jump 1

leaped 2

NLT (3)

jumped 1

leap 1

leaped 1

WEB (3)

leap for joy 1

leaped 2

YLT (3)

did leap 1

leap 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAM-2P 1

ANT

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAM-2P 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAM-2P 1

BGB

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAM-2P 1

BMT

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAM-2P 1

BYZ

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAM-2P 1

ELZ

V-AAD-2P 1

V-AAI-3S 2

NA26

V-2AADP 1

V-3AAIS 2

SBL

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAM-2P 1

SCV

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAM-2P 1

STV

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAM-2P 1

TIS

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAM-2P 1

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAM-2P 1

TRG

V-AAD-2P 1

V-AAI-3S 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σκιρτ-άω,

Ion. σκιρτ-έω Opp. C. 4.342: — Frequentat. of σκαίρω,

spring, leap, bound, of young horses, αἱ δ' ὅτε μὲν σκιρτῷεν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν. ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ ς. ἐπ' εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης Il. 20.226, 228; πῶλοι ἐσκίρτων φόβῳ E. Ph. 1125; of goats, Theoc. 1.152; of the Bacchae, E. Ba. 446; ὀρχεῖσθε καὶ ς. καὶ χορεύετε Ar. Pl. 761, cf. V. 1305; ἅλλεσθαι καὶ ς . Pl. Lg. 653e: also of wind, σκιρτᾷ δ' ἀνέμων πνεύματα πάντων A. Pr. 1085 (anap.).

2. metaph., to be skittish, unruly, E. Fr. 362.31, Pl. R. 571c, etc.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

σκιρτάω, σκίρτω: 1 aorist ἐσκίρτησα; to leap: Luke 1:41, 44; Luke 6:23. (Genesis 25:22; Psalm 113:4, 6 (); Greek writings from Homer down.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

σκιρτάω , -ῶ ,

[in LXX: Genesis 25:22 (H7533 hithpo.), Psalms 114:4; Psalms 114:6 (H7540), etc.;]

to leap: Luke 1:41; Luke 1:44; Luke 6:23.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";support,"; and hence ";steadfastness"; in its only NT occurrence (2 Peter 3:17). The word is found in a papyrus dealing with the heavenly bodies, P Par 19bis .13 (A.D. 138) (P. 237) Κρόνος ἐν Ὑδροχῷ, μοιρῶν Γ ̄, λεπτῶν Η ̄, ἐν τῷ Β ̄ στηριγμῷ, ἰδίῳ οἴκῳ, ὁρίοις Ἑρμοῦ. For στήριγμα cf. P Lond 121.509 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 100) ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἁγίου στηρίγματος σεαυτὸν ἱδρύσας.

List of Word Forms

εσκιρτάτε εσκίρτησαν εσκιρτήσατε εσκίρτησε εσκιρτησεν ἐσκίρτησεν εσκίρτων σκιρτησατε σκιρτήσατε σκιρτήσετε eskirtesen eskirtēsen eskírtesen eskírtēsen skirtesate skirtēsate skirtḗsate